diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index 3118caf024454634719b3c249e84acf242800556..1dcc495743ea782c89a2a0d2c5ae43e11c1ade86 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -615,6 +615,9 @@ Job container plugin details
 \fBLicense\fR
 License management details
 .TP
+\fBNetwork\fR
+Network details
+.TP
 \fBNodeFeatures\fR
 Node Features plugin debug info
 .TP
diff --git a/slurm/slurm.h.in b/slurm/slurm.h.in
index 1488278829a7ebb68ef501d2a6d3953e52cb309b..52236de37a9c70ffb377f176fd22b2b4a6caeebb 100644
--- a/slurm/slurm.h.in
+++ b/slurm/slurm.h.in
@@ -2553,7 +2553,7 @@ typedef struct reservation_name_msg {
 						    * dealing with TRES=NODE */
 #define DEBUG_FLAG_DATA 	0x0000000000000100 /* data_t logging */
 /* #define DEBUG_FLAG_FREE 	0x0000000000000200 */
-/* #define DEBUG_FLAG_FREE 	0x0000000000000400 */
+#define DEBUG_FLAG_NET		0x0000000000000400 /* Network logging */
 #define DEBUG_FLAG_PRIO 	0x0000000000000800 /* debug for priority
 						    * plugin */
 #define DEBUG_FLAG_BACKFILL	0x0000000000001000 /* debug for
diff --git a/src/common/read_config.c b/src/common/read_config.c
index 4ae7c024c49f73aa8c88ebdc1407a1bc15997f4c..432ca7e89efdfe8d7b09b5966572d011ed0745eb 100644
--- a/src/common/read_config.c
+++ b/src/common/read_config.c
@@ -5315,6 +5315,11 @@ extern char * debug_flags2str(uint64_t debug_flags)
 			xstrcat(rc, ",");
 		xstrcat(rc, "License");
 	}
+	if (debug_flags & DEBUG_FLAG_NET) {
+		if (rc)
+			xstrcat(rc, ",");
+		xstrcat(rc, "Network");
+	}
 	if (debug_flags & DEBUG_FLAG_NO_CONF_HASH) {
 		if (rc)
 			xstrcat(rc, ",");
@@ -5490,6 +5495,9 @@ extern int debug_str2flags(char *debug_flags, uint64_t *flags_out)
 			(*flags_out) |= DEBUG_FLAG_JOB_CONT;
 		else if (xstrcasecmp(tok, "License") == 0)
 			(*flags_out) |= DEBUG_FLAG_LICENSE;
+		else if (xstrcasecmp(tok, "Network") == 0 ||
+			 xstrcasecmp(tok, "Net") == 0)
+			(*flags_out) |= DEBUG_FLAG_NET;
 		else if (xstrcasecmp(tok, "NO_CONF_HASH") == 0)
 			(*flags_out) |= DEBUG_FLAG_NO_CONF_HASH;
 		else if (xstrcasecmp(tok, "NodeFeatures") == 0)